RE: Is Atheistic Humanism the ideology of the Anglo-Sphere?
January 1, 2014 at 7:28 am
(This post was last modified: January 1, 2014 at 7:29 am by là bạn điên.)
(January 1, 2014 at 5:07 am)theyear12013 Wrote: I'm being imprecise in language but don't agree. Han Chinese Nationalism is much more the dominant 'religion' than Buddhism imho. .
How does this demonstrate that buddhism is not on the rise?
Quote:80% of Japanese prefer no religion and if they do its likely closely related to Shinto Buddhism http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buddhism_in_Japan -- whose war shrines are deeply offensive to the Chinese.
Shinto and Buddhism are two entirely separate religions
Quote: The latest tensions with China illustrate this. As anyone will tell you who visits Japan -- their culture definitely still has nationalistic tendencies -- and is extremely anti-immigrant and would not be considered tolerant of multiple cultures operating in its sphere.
Like Korea, Vietnam and China you mean?
Quote:Consumerism is dominant BECAUSE of the West but it is not a truly robust ideology in the end alone. It does not challenge ethnic-geopolitical-religious loyalties of the people who practice consumerism. It is not equivalent to Islam for example.
Which is not what you wrote. you claimed that it was a special facet of western culture- its universal
